Scandiavis
Topic: Biology
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Short description: Extinct genus of birds
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Neoaves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Genus: | †Scandiavis Bertelli et al., 2013 |
| Type species | |
| †Scandiavis mikkelseni (Bertelli et al., 2013)
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Scandiavis is genus of prehistoric birds related to Charadriiformes. It is known from the Fur Formation (Early Eocene) of Denmark.[1][2]
References
- ↑ Sara Bertelli; Bent E. K. Lindow; Gareth J. Dyke; Gerald Mayr (2013). "Another charadriiform-like bird from the lower Eocene of Denmark". Paleontological Journal 47 (11): 1282–1301. doi:10.1134/S0031030113110026.
- ↑ Musser, G.; Clarke, J.A. (2020), "An Exceptionally Preserved Specimen From the Green River Formation Elucidates Complex Phenotypic Evolution in Gruiformes and Charadriiformes", Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8, doi:10.3389/fevo.2020.559929
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